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    Urraca (c. 1080 – 8 March 1126), called "the reckless" (la temeraria), was Queen of León, Castile and Galicia from 1109 until her death. She claimed the...
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    the son of Urraca of León and Raymond of Burgundy, the first of the House of Ivrea to rule in the Iberian peninsula. Alfonso was a dignified and somewhat...
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  • Urraca of Zamora (1033/4–1101), daughter of King Ferdinand I of León. Urraca of León and Castile (Urraca the Reckless) (1082–1129), Queen of León and...
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    called the Great (el Magno), was the count of Castile from his uncle's death in 1029 and the king of León after defeating his brother-in-law in 1037....
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    the Cantar de Mio Cid, and Robert Southey's Chronicle of the Cid. Urraca's mother was Sancha of León. Before his death in 1065, Ferdinand divided his widespread...
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    Bravo) or the Valiant, was king of León (1065–1109), Galicia (1071–1109), and Castile (1072–1109). After the conquest of Toledo in 1085, Alfonso proclaimed...
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    II and Urraca was annulled in 1175 by Pope Alexander III because the two were second cousins, great-grandchildren of Alfonso VI of León and Castile. After...
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    son of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile and Berenguela of Barcelona. His paternal grandparents were Count Raymond of Burgundy and Queen Urraca of León...
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    interdicted on account of the nature of his marriages. Alfonso was born in Zamora. He was the only son of King Ferdinand II of León and Urraca of Portugal. His...
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    all his original territory of León, and became the king of Castile and Galicia. This was the second union of León and Castile, although the two kingdoms...
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    Urraca of Castile (1186/28 May 1187 – 3 November 1220) was a daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England. Her maternal grandparents were...
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  • Thumbnail for Fernán González of Castile
    León late in his life as his third wife — two of her sisters, Onneca and Urraca, would marry Sancha's step-sons, Ordoño's sons Alfonso IV of León and...
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    of his tutor Menendo González at whose house he was raised as a child. They had two children: Sancha of León, married Ferdinand I of León and Castile...
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    and in Pamplona and in Castile and in León". The other, from the archives of the Cathedral of León, describes León as an imperium: "the kingdom [and]...
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    fourth son of Count William I of Burgundy and Stephanie. He married Urraca, future queen of León and heir of Alfonso VI, and was the father of the future...
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    King of Castile (1065–72), Galicia (1071–72) and León (1072). Born at Zamora, Sancho was the eldest son of Ferdinand the Great and Sancha of León. He was...
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    marriage to Urraca, queen regnant of Castile, León and Galicia, in 1109, he began to use, with some justification, the grandiose title Emperor of Spain, formerly...
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    Sepúlveda, Segovia (category Municipalities in the Province of Segovia)
    Alfonso I of Aragon and Count Henry of Portugal fought and defeated Urraca of León and Castile. This victory resulted in the independence of Portugal....
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  • Battle of Candespina was fought on 26 October 1110 or 1111 between the forces of Alfonso I of Aragon and those of his estranged wife, Urraca of León and Castile...
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    The Basílica de San Isidoro de León is a church in the city of León, Castile and León, Spain, located on the site of an ancient Roman temple. Its Christian...
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  • Thumbnail for Ordoño III of León
    (c. 926–956) was the King of León from 951 to 956, son and successor of Ramiro II (931–951). He confronted Navarre and Castile, who supported his half-brother...
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    Castile, the wife of King Sancho III of Pamplona. Sancho García, count of Castile. Urraca García, the first abbess of the Colegiata de San Cosme y San Damián...
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    mother of Urraca of León, who succeeded her father in both Castile and León. In 1065, Constance married her first husband, Hugh II, Count of Chalon. They...
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  • Urraca of León and Castile, at Villadangos north of Luna, some twenty kilometres from León. Alfonso was victorious in a rout, but Urraca's son and co-ruler...
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    Urraca Fernández (died 1007) was queen of León and Navarre as the wife of two kings of León and one king of Navarre between 951 and 994. She acted as...
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    of San Isidoro. Sancha had five children: Urraca of Zamora Sancho II of León and Castile Elvira of Toro Alfonso VI of León and Castile García II of Galicia...
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  • Thumbnail for Elvira of Castile, Queen of León
    between 988 and 991, sealed an alliance between the Kingdom of León and the County of Castile which significantly strengthened the Leonese crown. Bermudo...
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    Queen regent of Sicily. On 24 June 1144 he married Urraca of Castile, illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile and his mistress Gontrodo...
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    neighboring Basque Country Autonomous Community, but belong to Castile and León. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering...
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  • assassination of Count García Sánchez of Castile by the Vela family in León, Sancho III took control of Castile since his wife was the eldest sister of the late...
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